It was wonderful to see so many of you able to attend the Year 1 information meeting on Wednesday. Here is the powerpoint that was used that has the key messages on that we talked about.
Thank you again for all of your support.
We started off the year by first listening to and then reading 'Not a stick'. We then decided to go and find some sticks of our own. When Miss Healy asked all of the children what they were doing with their sticks they all replied "This is not a stick!" If you are curious ask someone in Y1 what happened in the story.
On Wednesday 23rd June, Year 1 spent the day at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park. We were looking for animals from all over the World. We had learned about some of the animals that lived on the African continent and in the polar regions. We had learned about animals who we thought were amazing and we went to get a closer look. We spent the day walking around the park looking at the animals and finding out more. Some of the enclosures meant we could get really close to them. We had a wonderful day in the sun. All of the teachers that went were very impressed with the children being so respectful to all the animals. Well done Year 1 and thank you for a lovely day.
On Friday 23rd April, Y1 went on a trip around the World. We were given our passport and boarding card before getting on the aeroplane and throughout the day we visited the 7 continents. In each continent we found it on the large World map and used the colours to help us think about what it is like in that continent. We learned facts for each continent and then completed an activity that was based upon something from there. Throughout the day we made a sand art picture (Africa), Learned the National Anthem for England (Europe), made origami fish (Asia), made some aboriginal art (Australasia), learned a song from Suriname and played the drums along with the song (South America), learned more about Mexico with Barnaby Bear (North America) and put ice cubes in our hands to melt followed by an ice lolly (Antarctica). We had a wonderful day to start our new geography topic. "Where in the world would you like to live?" We think we might need to find out a bit more before we decide.
